Master Molecular biosciences - Frontiers 2 Core competencies week WS 2016/17 Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Alexis Maizel Lectures: 8:15am Schedule: Date Room Topic Lecturer Monday 9.01 HS2 Theoretikum Statistics I Dr. J. Schott (ZMBH) Tuesday 10.01 HS2 Theoretikum Science Communication Dr. M. Milsom (DKFZ) Wednesday 11.01 Hörsaal Ost Chemie (INF 252) Scientific publishing Dr. B. Pulverer (Editor in chief, EMBO Press) Thursday 12.01 HS2 Theoretikum Scientific ethic Dr. G. Grossmann (COS) Friday 13.01 Hörsaal Ost Chemie (INF 252) Statistics II Dr. J. Schott (ZMBH) Topics (not in order - tentative). 1. Scientific publishing: EMBO J editor 2. Ethics in Science: • fraud prevention (G. Grossmann) —> Thu (or wed). • animal welfare and human samples (medical faculty committee / ??) 3. Communicating your Science (Alexis / Freddy (?) / [email protected]): • Writing: • Learn how to write concisely • Publishing: • Which journal? • Authorship • Grant writing: hypothesis-driven vs. discovery • How to review a paper/proposal? • Speaking: • Dos and don'ts of oral presentation • Poster & Figures: • Digital images processing • Figure preparation, data handling 4. Statistics (Johanna Schott): • Mean, mode, median • Measures of variation • Meaning (or not) of significance tests - p-value and p-hacking • Displying data: boxplot, bar graph, scatter graph, when to join the points. • Power calculation • Analysing large datasets • Role in planning: decide on replicates at start of experiment 5. Designing science (Dr. Sita Schanne , M.A. / [email protected] /???) • Aim to test or disprove your hypothesis. • Positive and negative controls • Project management • Accepting all data and not repeating till you get what you want • Learning when to stop
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